Cecilia is a sound-making application that covers sound in its broadest sense. It enables users to manipulate and generate various sounds to create unique audio compositions.
Cecilia is built on top of Csound, an audio/dsp engine from Barry Vercoe at MIT, making it a formidable tool for sound creation. The program also contains a powerful score generation language called Cybil, which has roots in CCRMA's Score program by Leland Smith, providing a wealth of algorithms that users can explore.
The entire application is constructed in tcl/tk, which is a slow but appropriate scripting language as Cecilia requires no audio computations. Cecilia offers a graphical user interface, a text editor, and a music programming language, making it an all-in-one tool that can handle any sound-related task.
In summary, Cecilia is ideal for general sound processing, music programming, and as a graphical interface for sound creation projects. It is licensed and distributed under the LGPL license, making it not only an efficient but also a cost-effective tool for sound creators.
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